![]() Well I got around to the serial finally, it's a tenor marked #18844. No country of origin stamp either. This horn really impresses me with the big sound (Buffet??) it gets. The closest comparison for me would be an older Buescher. Reminds me of a TH&C I once had. Way different sound color than my VI. Law of ueki manga. Of course the action is nothing to write home about, but it doesn't get in the way too much once you're used to the horn. This ES is a major bar honker for sure. Best cheapest back up tenor I ever had. I recently 'Ohauled my silver VI tenor and it's looking brand new again, anyway my VI is not going to back to the bars anytime soon. Keith, the alto you got is likely a good horn too, curious to know how it works out. From my understanding, when you say Evette Schaeffer saxophones, you can be talking about at least four different varieties: 1) Those very vintage early horns made by the company that would become Buffet Crampon from ca. 1890 through 'the teens' (20th century). Saxophone.org - created by saxophone players for saxophone players. Features an active saxophone forum, buy sell trade your sax, saxophone museum, sax teachers and more. Dec 05, 2009 I have just been offered an Evette Buffet Crampon Tenor, which is s/h. The person selling it is desperate for money, and the owner of the shop who is selling it on her behalf is reasonably well known to me. The price is £190. It appears (and sounds) to be in good condition (it's a few years old and has a few scratches, but nothing of. They usually have ornate script engraving on the bells. 2) Horns from the '20s with less ornate engraving 3) ES 'Master' models from the 1950s (and '60s?) that are Buffet-made and almost identical to SDAs. These have brass keys. 4) ES 'Master' models that are Keilwerth-made with tell-tale Keilwerth nickel keywork. But I said 'from my understanding' because the Evette Schaeffer history seems to be very multi-faceted and complex, with more than one company and numerous stencils involved. With that said, is this a Keilwerth-made horn (#4 above): The ad says it's 'Paris-made' but there's a ES Master alto on Junkdude of the same vintage and appearance that he says was made by JK. And the keywork looks very JK to me. Anyone have any experience with these JK-made 'ES' sops? And if so, how do you rate them? Are they kind of clanky, 'studenty,' etc.?
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